Scattered Showers To Start A Warm Weekend

Good Friday everyone. Our weekend is just about to kickoff and we’re looking at a much warmer period moving in. This warmup may get started with a few showers and thunderstorms late tonight and early Saturday. All of this is ahead of a big storm that will bring a major severe weather outbreak across the plains states.

Our short-term weather will feature partly sunny skies today with temps warming well into the 60s for most areas. Low 70s will be possible in the west as clouds begin to increase. These clouds are increasing just ahead of the really warm air surging in from the southwest. We are likely to see some scattered showers and thunderstorms developing tonight into early Saturday.

The Nam Simulated Radar shows how the action lifts northward through the period…

That suggests our Saturday gets started off on a soggy note for some, but ends on a pleasant note as we dry things out fairly quickly. Highs will hit the 70s.

Sunday looks even warmer with readings in the upper 70s and low 80s under partly sunny skies. The big storm in the plains is going to bring a wicked severe weather outbreak there over the weekend. That storm will work into the Great Lakes on Monday and drag a cold front our way…

That’s quite the clash of air masses across North America and it may bring us some strong or severe storms early next week. That will be something ton watch for over the next several days. Between now and then… May temps are coming back.

Have a great Friday and take care.

14 Comments

Anthony on April 13, 2012 at 1:49 am

Day 2 High Risk in Oklahoma and Kansas… yikes.

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html

Shawn-KG4BU on April 13, 2012 at 2:13 am

This from Fred Gossage: Despite what some chaser accounts have helped spread around through the years, back in the 1990s… a High Risk was never allowed on the Day 2 outlook. In fact, for most of the 1990s… the NSSFC (which became the SPC in the mid 90s) didn’t even do separate risk levels on the Day 2 outlook, but rather… a general severe weather risk area. The SPC themselves will tell you that a High Risk on the… Day 2… via their own office policies… wasn’t even allowed until 2005. This is the second time in history that a High Risk has ever been issued on a Day 2 from the SPC…. and the first time it’s ever happened on a morning Day 2. This isn’t *just* a High Risk outlook…. this is nothing short of unprecedented… whether the forecast itself verifies or not.
Folks please follow WeatherNation TV at http://www.facebook.com/weathernation for more info. on national breaking weather news. If this comes true this could be very very bad.

eyewall on April 13, 2012 at 8:45 am

SPC says: A HIGH RISK WILL
BE ISSUED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A HIGH-END LIFE THREATENING EVENT
ACROSS THE SRN AND CNTRL PLAINS.

Wow.

Tab on April 13, 2012 at 9:03 am

Is this for real?? 4 feet drifts of hail in Texas. Dang!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/04/13/150553921/holy-hail-photos-videos-show-texas-storms-fury-drifts-4-feet-deep?ft=1&f=1003

BlizzardTim on April 13, 2012 at 9:29 am

I sure hope my yard is one that gets in on some soggy…it went from Tropical warmth/wet,lush vegetation…to Cold freezing nights with very dry conditions and the lush vegetation has become brown and burnt…what a lovely feel to spring…yuck!

WXman on April 13, 2012 at 9:38 am

Reed Timmer is going to get some great footage for the show Storm Chasers tomorrow…and close to his hometown too.

MJ on April 13, 2012 at 12:06 pm
He’ll get footage, but the Discovery Channel cancelled Storm Chasers this past January.
- WXman on April 13, 2012 at 12:20 pm
  Well that sucks. It was the only good chasing show on TV. The production was more “real”.
- MarkLex on April 13, 2012 at 5:48 pm
  You must be kidding! I can’t imagine that show would be canceled. It was great….I would have imagined the ratings would have been really good. I guess not.
  - Faye on April 13, 2012 at 9:57 pm
    I read that the ratings were really good for the show in the midwest but on both coasts, which are the most important for the networks, the ratings were low.

RhondaB on April 13, 2012 at 5:39 pm

Someone please tell me that storm is not headed into Kentucky.

KP on April 13, 2012 at 7:50 pm
It is not a storm, really. It is a gathering of all the conditions needed to have a big severe weather outbreak. We had them all in place on March 2. The situation will not be so dire here. I have not heard any mention of severe weather for us. We may have thunderstorms but the current forecast looks quite tame.
And I agree with BlizzardTim. Our yard is already turning brown in spots. Where are the April showers?
- RhondaB on April 14, 2012 at 7:54 am
  KP, thanks for taking the time to answer the question. I don’t mean to sound like I’m obsessive-compulsive over tornadoes, but I’m not sure how they happen and ever since we were hit in March every time severe weather is mentioned I get very scared. I’m praying for all those people in the center of that weather today, hope they have shelter, and that no lives are lost.
  - gtwister on April 14, 2012 at 9:51 am
    I’m also an amature when it comes to weather. The 74 tornadoes also left a scary mark on me for a while. But I am learning bit by bit from the regulars here, from CB, just like how I got bits and pieces from the likes of Brad James, Brian Collins and others years ago. The internet has made learning about weather so much easier. Among other sites, the Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Service-Louisville sites are now regular stops for me.

Anthony on April 13, 2012 at 1:49 am
Day 2 High Risk in Oklahoma and Kansas… yikes.
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/outlook/day2otlk.html
Shawn-KG4BU on April 13, 2012 at 2:13 am
This from Fred Gossage: Despite what some chaser accounts have helped spread around through the years, back in the 1990s… a High Risk was never allowed on the Day 2 outlook. In fact, for most of the 1990s… the NSSFC (which became the SPC in the mid 90s) didn’t even do separate risk levels on the Day 2 outlook, but rather… a general severe weather risk area. The SPC themselves will tell you that a High Risk on the… Day 2… via their own office policies… wasn’t even allowed until 2005. This is the second time in history that a High Risk has ever been issued on a Day 2 from the SPC…. and the first time it’s ever happened on a morning Day 2. This isn’t *just* a High Risk outlook…. this is nothing short of unprecedented… whether the forecast itself verifies or not.
Folks please follow WeatherNation TV at http://www.facebook.com/weathernation for more info. on national breaking weather news. If this comes true this could be very very bad.
eyewall on April 13, 2012 at 8:45 am
SPC says: A HIGH RISK WILL
BE ISSUED DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR A HIGH-END LIFE THREATENING EVENT
ACROSS THE SRN AND CNTRL PLAINS.
Wow.
Tab on April 13, 2012 at 9:03 am
Is this for real?? 4 feet drifts of hail in Texas. Dang!
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/04/13/150553921/holy-hail-photos-videos-show-texas-storms-fury-drifts-4-feet-deep?ft=1&f=1003
BlizzardTim on April 13, 2012 at 9:29 am
I sure hope my yard is one that gets in on some soggy…it went from Tropical warmth/wet,lush vegetation…to Cold freezing nights with very dry conditions and the lush vegetation has become brown and burnt…what a lovely feel to spring…yuck!
WXman on April 13, 2012 at 9:38 am
Reed Timmer is going to get some great footage for the show Storm Chasers tomorrow…and close to his hometown too.
- MJ on April 13, 2012 at 12:06 pm
  He’ll get footage, but the Discovery Channel cancelled Storm Chasers this past January.
  - WXman on April 13, 2012 at 12:20 pm
    Well that sucks. It was the only good chasing show on TV. The production was more “real”.
  - MarkLex on April 13, 2012 at 5:48 pm
    You must be kidding! I can’t imagine that show would be canceled. It was great….I would have imagined the ratings would have been really good. I guess not.
    - Faye on April 13, 2012 at 9:57 pm
      I read that the ratings were really good for the show in the midwest but on both coasts, which are the most important for the networks, the ratings were low.
RhondaB on April 13, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Someone please tell me that storm is not headed into Kentucky.
- KP on April 13, 2012 at 7:50 pm
  It is not a storm, really. It is a gathering of all the conditions needed to have a big severe weather outbreak. We had them all in place on March 2. The situation will not be so dire here. I have not heard any mention of severe weather for us. We may have thunderstorms but the current forecast looks quite tame.
  And I agree with BlizzardTim. Our yard is already turning brown in spots. Where are the April showers?
  - RhondaB on April 14, 2012 at 7:54 am
    KP, thanks for taking the time to answer the question. I don’t mean to sound like I’m obsessive-compulsive over tornadoes, but I’m not sure how they happen and ever since we were hit in March every time severe weather is mentioned I get very scared. I’m praying for all those people in the center of that weather today, hope they have shelter, and that no lives are lost.
    - gtwister on April 14, 2012 at 9:51 am
      I’m also an amature when it comes to weather. The 74 tornadoes also left a scary mark on me for a while. But I am learning bit by bit from the regulars here, from CB, just like how I got bits and pieces from the likes of Brad James, Brian Collins and others years ago. The internet has made learning about weather so much easier. Among other sites, the Storm Prediction Center and the National Weather Service-Louisville sites are now regular stops for me.

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